GULC
| Georgetown University Law Center | |
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Seal of Georgetown University
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| Motto | Law is but the means — Justice is the end |
| Parent school | Georgetown University |
| Established | 1870 |
| School type | Private |
| Parent endowment | $1.529 billion (includes undergraduate, medical, graduate and business schools) |
| Dean | William Treanor |
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Washington, DC, United States 38°53′54″N 77°0′45″W / 38.89833°N 77.01250°W |
| Enrollment | 1,860 JD, 441 LL.M, 17 SJD |
| Faculty | 126 (ft), 159 (pt) |
| USNWR ranking | 15th |
| Bar pass rate | 90.96% |
| Website | www |
| ABA profile | ABA Profile |
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Georgetown University Law Center (commonly referred to as Georgetown Law School or Georgetown Law) is one of the professional graduate schools of Georgetown University, a private research university located in Washington, D.C. Established in 1870, it is the second largest law school in the United States, and receives more full-time applications than any other law school in the country.
Georgetown is consistently ranked among the top 14 law schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. From 1996 to 2017, Georgetown Law held an average rank of 13.82 on the U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking, making it one of the 14 law schools that consistently place at the top of the U.S. News rankings since the magazine began the rankings in 1987. By average salary, Georgetown Law graduates have ranked 6th in the U.S. The school is among the top feeder schools for big law firms in the U.S.
Georgetown Law has placed in U.S. News & World Report's top 14 law schools every year (but one) since the inception of the magazine's law school rankings. Georgetown's part-time J.D. program is consistently ranked #1. The school also ranked #1 in clinical programs, #3 in international law, #2 in tax law, #4 in trial advocacy, #7 in healthcare law, and #8 in environmental law. The 2014 QS World University Rankings listed Georgetown as the 17th-best law school in the world and 8th-best in the United States. In December 2014, Business Insider ranked Georgetown as the 7th best law school in the US.
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